Posts tagged Adrian Fenty
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Election links: “Don’t know” leads the Maryland Democratic gubernatorial field
Almost half of Democratic voters haven't settled on a candidate in Maryland's gubernatorial primary, one of DC's Ward 1 candidates has decided to run in the general election, the Virginia Public Access Project is tracking money in the Alexandria's elections, and more in our election link roundup this week. Keep reading…
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This decade-old parking lot used to be more than 200 public housing units. Now there’s finally a plan to rebuild.
Last month, DC finally selected a plan to replace more than 200 homes in NoMa that had been torn down and replaced with a parking lot a decade earlier. Some of the people who were displaced from Temple Courts may finally get to return. Keep reading…
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In its attempts to provide affordable housing, DC has struggled to set clear goals
In 2006 and 2012, DC set clear numbers for how many affordable housing units either needed to be built or needed to be preserved by a specific date. In both cases, there wasn’t enough data to actually track progress, and the goals fell by the wayside. Today, there still isn’t a plan for providing affordable housing for everyone who needs it. Advocates and District officials… Keep reading…
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DC Council chairman Phil Mendelson is blocking Mayor Bowser’s zoning board nominee
Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated David Franco, a local developer, to sit on the DC Zoning Commission, but DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is blocking the nomination. I spoke with Franco about work, his vision for DC, and his views on the need to build more housing. Franco would replace Marcie Cohen, a former affordable housing and community development professional. Cohen… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Looking ahead
St. E’s reimagined; Bye-bye blight; Easing into HOT; 2015 on two wheels; Scissor soiree; Gameplay guidance; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Uncertain developments
Transit center further delayed; MLB forbids paying for late Metro?; Bikeshare-athlon; Groceries for U Street; The school spot shuffle; Fake bus stops for the disoriented; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Congress and bikes
Issa OK with commuter tax; Can’t kill cooperation; Conflict resolution; A place to cross; Bike to Wolf Trap; Sprawl worsens drought; And…. Keep reading…
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Most sitting councilmembers absent on campaign finance
Campaign finance violations in DC have triggered numerous federal investigations and corrupted DC’s political process, but the vast majority of sitting DC councilmembers still seem unwilling to risk cutting off their own sources of money to fix a serious problem. Amendments from Tommy Wells (Ward 6) on last year’s ethics bill to ban “bundling”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to build community
BIDs can transform neighborhoods; Eisenhower Ave still lacking vibrancy; Warner wants Potomac bridge; Some cities banning plastic bags; DC stops paying federal lobbyists; Gray withdraws elections board nomination; Can you hear me now?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changing the landscape
“Shallow” look at gentrification?; Freemasons pushed out, too; Purple Line will reshape communities; Carma-nothing; Be careful, pedestrians AND drivers; Congestion relief for BRAC?; Learn how to deal with a crash; And in PG…; And in DC…. Keep reading…